FILE- This Sept. 30, 2017 file photo shows former Rutgers football head coach, now Ohio State associate head coach/defensive coordinator Greg Schiano running onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says Tennessee has contacted Schiano about its head coaching vacancy. Meyer didn't have any additional details about Tennessee's potential interest in his defensive coordinator. Tennessee is seeking a new coach after firing Butch Jones two weeks ago. Schiano posted a 68-67 record as Rutgers' coach from 2001-11. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

Photo: Mel Evans/AP

Photo: Mel Evans/AP

LOOK: The Rock in Knoxville repainted after Tennessee backtracks on Schiano

On Sunday, USA Today released a report that referenced a testimony of a former Penn State staff member that Schiano and another assistant coach knew of the a Jerry Sandusky assault while they were assistant coaches at Penn State.

Schiano and the other assistant denied knowledge of any incident or assault.

The AP reported later Sunday prosecutors dismissed the testimony as “double and triple hearsay” and that they had no value.

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